Shared Drives Issues

[mishkah]

Hi All, 

I am currently in process of doing the Windows Server (on-site) migration to the Google Workspace in order for our staff to be able to work conveniently remotely. I have had many stumbling blocks but that is only because I am too only learning. 

Our situation and something for developers to rethink and restructure, with the pandemic we have, remote working is the new norm, so trying to adjust the structure and capabilities within them will be one of your greatest assests. 

example: 

our company est 2006

windows server 2012

50 staff members situated around the globe

16 years of data

100 clients

each client 100 sub-folders

700 000 icons/pngs/pdfs per client 

A shared drive is the most important assets for all companies right now, as they need their staff to be able to work safely, and collaborate efficiently from their home, but your shared drives limits are blocking them and this is something to dive into. Shared drives also prevents specific file uploads with certain media assets which creates problems for companies working in this environment.

[KAM]

I often advise people that taking processes that might be 15 years old and applying them to something like Google Workspace is a recipe for disaster.

Shared Drives, for example, can have 400K files (https://support.google.com/a/answer/7338880?hl=en) so that right there is going to be an issue if you have 700K items per client.

400K is a very healthy limit so you might think about how you can use multiple shared drives perhaps per project instead moving forward.

Hope this helps. -KAM